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  • Open Access
13 Citations
11,985 Views
17 Pages

STEP-NC Compliant Intelligent CNC Milling Machine with an Open Architecture Controller

  • Mahanama Dharmawardhana,
  • Asanga Ratnaweera and
  • Gheorghe Oancea

5 July 2021

A STEP-NC or ISO 14649 compliant machine controller is developed, using Open Architecture Control technology for a three-axis Computer Numerical Control milling machine in this research. The controller is developed on a Raspberry Pi single-board comp...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,395 Views
17 Pages

30 September 2020

Turn-Milling Combined NC machine tool is different from traditional machine tools in structure and process realization. As an important means in the design stage, the analysis method of geometric accuracy error is also different from the traditional...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,525 Views
12 Pages

14 September 2024

Machine tool vibrations play a significant role in hindering productivity during machining. The growing vibrations accelerate tool wear and chipping, cause a poor wave surface finish, and may damage the spindle bearing. Some research showed that trib...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
6,481 Views
10 Pages

An S-shaped machining test is proposed for the ISO 10791-7 standard to verify the performance of five-axis machining centers. However, investigation of the factor that has the most influence on the geometrical accuracy of finished S-shaped workpieces...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,870 Views
22 Pages

Non-coding RNA (ncRNA) classes take over important housekeeping and regulatory functions and are quite heterogeneous in terms of length, sequence conservation and secondary structure. High-throughput sequencing reveals that the expressed novel ncRNAs...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,518 Views
18 Pages

A model Numerical Control (NC) machine tool dynamic compliance is analyzed, including the influence of its mechanical structure and position control feed drive algorithms. The dynamic model of the machine tool is divided into two main parts, which ar...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
1,938 Views
26 Pages

11 September 2024

Numerically controlled (NC) machine tools, as vital production equipment in manufacturing, have been widely applied across various sectors and have become a core competitive advantage for enterprises in the global market. Therefore, ensuring the norm...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
6,006 Views
19 Pages

Standard Data-Based Predictive Modeling for Power Consumption in Turning Machining

  • Seung-Jun Shin,
  • Jungyub Woo,
  • Sudarsan Rachuri and
  • Prita Meilanitasari

26 February 2018

In the metal cutting industry, power consumption is an important metric in the analysis of energy efficiency since it relates to energy consumption of machine tools. Much of the research has developed predictive models that correlate process planning...

  • Article
  • Open Access
30 Citations
5,693 Views
12 Pages

31 March 2017

Tool fault diagnosis in numerical control (NC) machines plays a significant role in ensuring manufacturing quality. However, current methods of tool fault diagnosis lack accuracy. Therefore, in the present paper, a fault diagnosis method was proposed...

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  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,537 Views
18 Pages

30 November 2021

STEP-NC (Standard for the Exchange of Product Model Data–Numerical Control) for metal milling and turning is not implemented by industrial computer numerical controllers. Solutions reported are prototypes based on post-processing in G-code. Mor...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,471 Views
21 Pages

Simulation and Analysis of Double Compound CAM Pusher Tool Changing Mechanism for NC Machine Tool

  • Xinbo Zhang,
  • Xiaobing Zhang,
  • Xigui Wang,
  • Zhongping Lai,
  • Wenxue Zhu and
  • Yujie Zhang

7 December 2024

The core mechanism of existing CNC tool changers is typically a single composite cam swinging rod linkage. This setup has two main drawbacks: amplified vibration errors and high impact forces due to the swinging rod. To address these, this study focu...

  • Review
  • Open Access
18 Citations
5,033 Views
23 Pages

Update on the Molecular Aspects and Methods Underlying the Complex Architecture of FSHD

  • Valerio Caputo,
  • Domenica Megalizzi,
  • Carlo Fabrizio,
  • Andrea Termine,
  • Luca Colantoni,
  • Carlo Caltagirone,
  • Emiliano Giardina,
  • Raffaella Cascella and
  • Claudia Strafella

29 August 2022

Despite the knowledge of the main mechanisms involved in facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD), the high heterogeneity and variable penetrance of the disease complicate the diagnosis, characterization and genotype–phenotype correlation...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
4,075 Views
18 Pages

Predicting CTS Diagnosis and Prognosis Based on Machine Learning Techniques

  • Marwa Elseddik,
  • Reham R. Mostafa,
  • Ahmed Elashry,
  • Nora El-Rashidy,
  • Shaker El-Sappagh,
  • Shimaa Elgamal,
  • Ahmed Aboelfetouh and
  • Hazem El-Bakry

Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is a clinical disease that occurs due to compression of the median nerve in the carpal tunnel. The determination of the severity of carpal tunnel syndrome is essential to provide appropriate therapeutic interventions. Mac...

  • Review
  • Open Access
31 Citations
6,200 Views
43 Pages

Advances in Computational Methodologies for Classification and Sub-Cellular Locality Prediction of Non-Coding RNAs

  • Muhammad Nabeel Asim,
  • Muhammad Ali Ibrahim,
  • Muhammad Imran Malik,
  • Andreas Dengel and
  • Sheraz Ahmed

13 August 2021

Apart from protein-coding Ribonucleic acids (RNAs), there exists a variety of non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs) which regulate complex cellular and molecular processes. High-throughput sequencing technologies and bioinformatics approaches have largely promote...

  • Review
  • Open Access
20 Citations
7,628 Views
20 Pages

Phenotypes are driven by regulated gene expression, which in turn are mediated by complex interactions between diverse biological molecules. Protein–DNA interactions such as histone and transcription factor binding are well studied, along with RNA–RN...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
5,235 Views
26 Pages

5 January 2024

The noise in sensor data has a substantial impact on the reliability and accuracy of (ML) algorithms. A comprehensive framework is proposed to analyze the effects of diverse noise inputs in sensor data on the accuracy of ML models. Through extensive...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,604 Views
13 Pages

The prediction of the biological function of non-coding ribonucleic acid (ncRNA) is an important step towards understanding the regulatory mechanisms underlying many diseases. Since non-coding RNAs are present in great abundance in human cells and ar...

  • Review
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,374 Views
16 Pages

Towards Precision in Sarcopenia Assessment: The Challenges of Multimodal Data Analysis in the Era of AI

  • Valerio Caputo,
  • Ivan Letteri,
  • Silvano Junior Santini,
  • Gaia Sinatti and
  • Clara Balsano

Sarcopenia, a condition characterised by the progressive decline in skeletal muscle mass and function, presents significant challenges in geriatric healthcare. Despite advances in its management, complex etiopathogenesis and the heterogeneity of diag...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,040 Views
25 Pages

21 November 2025

Protein structure prediction continues to pose multiple challenges, despite the progress made by ML. While recent deep learning models have achieved a strong performance using embeddings from protein language models, they often ignore non-canonical a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
26 Citations
5,431 Views
20 Pages

5 April 2021

In numerical control (NC)-based machining, NC data-based tool paths affect both quality and productivity. NC data are generated according to cutting conditions. However, NC data causing excessive cutting load can accelerate tool wear and even result...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,779 Views
16 Pages

Intelligent Air Cutting Monitoring System for Milling Process

  • Shih-Ming Wang,
  • Chun-Yi Lee,
  • Hariyanto Gunawan and
  • Ren-Qi Tu

20 April 2022

This research proposes a method for auto-monitoring the air cutting condition of a machining process, so the air cutting time can be further improved to enhance the machining efficiency. A two-way data communication module with a CNC controller was e...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,183 Views
9 Pages

Nanocellulose Bulk Material Prepared by Steam Treatment and Hot Press Molding: Material Processing and Machining Test

  • Jung-Woong Kim,
  • Hyun-Chan Kim,
  • Lindong Zhai,
  • Dickens Owino Agumba and
  • Jaehwan Kim

22 July 2021

Nanocellulose (NC) has been spotlighted as a new building block of future materials since it has many advantages, such as being lightweight and environment-friendly and having high mechanical properties and heat resistance. However, the use of NC req...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
2,853 Views
16 Pages

PINC: A Tool for Non-Coding RNA Identification in Plants Based on an Automated Machine Learning Framework

  • Xiaodan Zhang,
  • Xiaohu Zhou,
  • Midi Wan,
  • Jinxiang Xuan,
  • Xiu Jin and
  • Shaowen Li

5 October 2022

There is evidence that non-coding RNAs play significant roles in the regulation of nutrient homeostasis, development, and stress responses in plants. Accurate identification of ncRNAs is the first step in determining their function. While a number of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,458 Views
20 Pages

18 March 2022

Five-axis working machines are applied in the high-precision machining of complex convex surfaces. Therefore, this study integrated a horizontal parallel three-axis motion platform and a three-axis machine tools to create a reconfigurable precision f...

  • Article
  • Open Access
767 Views
13 Pages

Surface finishing processes are required to produce the final shape of components made of the silicon-infiltrated silicon carbide composite Cesic® from ECM (Engineered Ceramic Materials GmbH, 85452 Moosinning, Germany). Electrical discharge machi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,634 Views
12 Pages

Classification of Alzheimer’s Disease Based on White Matter Connectivity Network

  • Xiaoli Yang,
  • Yuxin Xia,
  • Zhenwei Li,
  • Lipei Liu,
  • Zhipeng Fan and
  • Jiayi Zhou

4 November 2023

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is one of the most common irreversible brain diseases in the elderly. Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is an early symptom of AD, and the early intervention of MCI may slow down the progress of AD. However, due to the su...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,523 Views
14 Pages

26 October 2024

Various types of numerical control (NC) machine tools can be standardly operated and controlled based on NC data that can be easily generated using widespread CAD/CAM systems. On the other hand, the operation environments of industrial robots still d...

  • Article
  • Open Access
33 Citations
2,547 Views
21 Pages

Soft-Computing Techniques for Predicting Seismic Bearing Capacity of Strip Footings in Slopes

  • Divesh Ranjan Kumar,
  • Pijush Samui,
  • Warit Wipulanusat,
  • Suraparb Keawsawasvong,
  • Kongtawan Sangjinda and
  • Wittaya Jitchaijaroen

In this study, various machine learning algorithms, including the minimax probability machine regression (MPMR), functional network (FN), convolutional neural network (CNN), recurrent neural network (RNN), and group method of data handling (GMDH) mod...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
2,931 Views
12 Pages

Application of Unsupervised Learning for the Evaluation of Aerogels’ Efficiency towards Dye Removal—A Principal Component Analysis (PCA) Approach

  • Khaled Younes,
  • Yahya Kharboutly,
  • Mayssara Antar,
  • Hamdi Chaouk,
  • Emil Obeid,
  • Omar Mouhtady,
  • Mahmoud Abu-samha,
  • Jalal Halwani and
  • Nimer Murshid

12 April 2023

Water scarcity is a growing global issue, particularly in areas with limited freshwater sources, urging for sustainable water management practices to insure equitable access for all people. One way to address this problem is to implement advanced met...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
6,333 Views
13 Pages

PlantRNA_Sniffer: A SVM-Based Workflow to Predict Long Intergenic Non-Coding RNAs in Plants

  • Lucas Maciel Vieira,
  • Clicia Grativol,
  • Flavia Thiebaut,
  • Thais G. Carvalho,
  • Pablo R. Hardoim,
  • Adriana Hemerly,
  • Sergio Lifschitz,
  • Paulo Cavalcanti Gomes Ferreira and
  • Maria Emilia M. T. Walter

Non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs) constitute an important set of transcripts produced in the cells of organisms. Among them, there is a large amount of a particular class of long ncRNAs that are difficult to predict, the so-called long intergenic ncRNAs (linc...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,052 Views
10 Pages

25 August 2022

Objectives: Abnormal dopamine transporter (DAT) uptake is an important biomarker for diagnosing Lewy body disease (LBD), including Parkinson’s disease (PD) and dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB). We evaluated a machine learning-derived visual scal...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
3,779 Views
12 Pages

Altered Metabolic Profiles of the Plasma of Patients with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

  • Kuo-Hsuan Chang,
  • Chia-Ni Lin,
  • Chiung-Mei Chen,
  • Rong-Kuo Lyu,
  • Chun-Che Chu,
  • Ming-Feng Liao,
  • Chin-Chang Huang,
  • Hong-Shiu Chang,
  • Long-Sun Ro and
  • Hung-Chou Kuo

18 December 2021

Currently, there is no objective biomarker to indicate disease progression and monitor therapeutic effects for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). This study aimed to identify plasma biomarkers for ALS using a targeted metabolomics approach. Plasma...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
5,174 Views
14 Pages

Prediction of Feed-Rate Slowdowns in Precise Micromilling Processes

  • Alexander Meijer,
  • Eugen Krebs,
  • Petra Wiederkehr and
  • Dirk Biermann

In a production of filigree and complex geometries, different NC-controlled processes such as laser cutting, EDM milling, and micromachining require a constant feed rate to ensure high-quality manufacturing results. Due to the technically limited acc...

  • Review
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,216 Views
21 Pages

Non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs) play crucial roles in colorectal cancer (CRC) development and progression. Recent developments in single-cell transcriptome profiling methods have revealed surprising levels of expression variability among seemingly homogeneo...

  • Review
  • Open Access
12 Citations
3,855 Views
20 Pages

Noncoding RNome as Enabling Biomarkers for Precision Health

  • Jit Kong Cheong,
  • Dimple Rajgor,
  • Yang Lv,
  • Ka Yan Chung,
  • Yew Chung Tang and
  • He Cheng

8 September 2022

Noncoding RNAs (ncRNAs), in the form of structural, catalytic or regulatory RNAs, have emerged to be critical effectors of many biological processes. With the advent of new technologies, we have begun to appreciate how intracellular and circulatory n...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
4,296 Views
22 Pages

Learning-Based Prediction of Pose-Dependent Dynamics

  • Felix Finkeldey,
  • Andreas Wirtz,
  • Torben Merhofe and
  • Petra Wiederkehr

The constantly increasing demand for both, higher production output and more complex product geometries, which can only be achieved using five-axis milling processes, requires elaborated analysis approaches to optimize the regarded process. This is e...

  • Article
  • Open Access
698 Views
27 Pages

In computer numeric controller (CNC) milling machining, air-cutting, where the tool moves without engaging the material, will reduce the machining efficiency. This study proposes a novel methodology to detect and minimize non-productive (air-cutting)...

  • Article
  • Open Access
49 Citations
6,542 Views
17 Pages

24 January 2021

Early identification of degenerative processes in the human brain is considered essential for providing proper care and treatment. This may involve detecting structural and functional cerebral changes such as changes in the degree of asymmetry betwee...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,453 Views
19 Pages

18 June 2023

Imbalanced learning problems often occur in application scenarios and are additionally an important research direction in the field of machine learning. Traditional classifiers are substantially less effective for datasets with an imbalanced distribu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,377 Views
18 Pages

14 December 2022

Reducing production costs during machining processes can be implemented in several ways, including various methods of cutting parameters optimization. The aim of the described research was to evaluate the effectiveness of software that optimizes the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,934 Views
14 Pages

Non-Coding RNAs: lncRNA, piRNA, and snoRNA as Robust Plasma Biomarkers of Alzheimer’s Disease

  • Ruomin Xin,
  • Elizabeth Kim,
  • Wei Tse Li,
  • Jessica Wang-Rodriguez and
  • Weg M. Ongkeko

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a leading cause of dementia worldwide. As current diagnostic approaches remain limited in sensitivity and accessibility, there is a critical need for novel, non-invasive biomarkers aiding early detection. Non-coding...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,130 Views
14 Pages

Turbomolecular pumps (TMPs), boasting advantageous high pumping rates, stability, and cleanliness, have been widely used in the semiconductor and photoelectric industries. In the aviation industry, the lightweight rotors of turbomolecular pumps can e...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,081 Views
14 Pages

Fabrication of Zwitterionized Nanocellulose/Polyvinyl Alcohol Composite Hydrogels Derived from Camellia Oleifera Shells for High-Performance Flexible Sensing

  • Jingnan Li,
  • Weikang Peng,
  • Zhendong Lei,
  • Jialin Jian,
  • Jie Cong,
  • Chenyang Zhao,
  • Yuming Wu,
  • Jiaqi Su and
  • Shuaiyuan Han

9 July 2025

To address the growing demand for environmentally friendly flexible sensors, here, a composite hydrogel of nanocellulose (NC) and polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) was designed and fabricated using Camellia oleifera shells as a sustainable alternative to petro...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
1,937 Views
19 Pages

In a last few decades, innovation research scholars proposed several new concepts, one after another, but independently, and in a chronological sequence: technology fusion; digital convergence; disruptive technology; open innovation; and IoT (Interne...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,582 Views
17 Pages

Increasing Machining Accuracy Based on CNC Machine Tool Correction Data by Using Ad Hoc Modification

  • Jiří Švéda,
  • Štěpán Chládek,
  • Tomáš Hornych,
  • Tomáš Kozlok and
  • Jan Smolík

20 April 2022

The geometric accuracy of a workpiece represents one of the key parameters defining its quality, and it is affected by the appropriate selection of the machine tool, control system, NC program and cutting conditions. Up-to-date control systems contai...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
3,885 Views
14 Pages

Influence of Chitin Nanocrystals on the Crystallinity and Mechanical Properties of Poly(hydroxybutyrate) Biopolymer

  • Marta Zaccone,
  • Mitul Kumar Patel,
  • Laurens De Brauwer,
  • Rakesh Nair,
  • Maria Luana Montalbano,
  • Marco Monti and
  • Kristiina Oksman

29 January 2022

This study focuses on the use of pilot-scale produced polyhydroxy butyrate (PHB) biopolymer and chitin nanocrystals (ChNCs) in two different concentrated (1 and 5 wt.%) nanocomposites. The nanocomposites were compounded using a twin-screw extruder an...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,564 Views
20 Pages

8 January 2025

Natural broadleaf forests (NBFs) are the most abundant zonal vegetation type in subtropical regions. Understanding the mechanisms influencing stand productivity in NBFs is important for developing “nature-based” solutions for climate chan...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
3,617 Views
14 Pages

12 August 2022

Objective: We explored a novel model based on deep learning radiomics (DLR) to differentiate Alzheimer’s disease (AD) patients, mild cognitive impairment (MCI) patients and normal control (NC) subjects. This model was validated in an explorator...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
666 Views
20 Pages

Spider Venom-Derived Peptide Exhibits Dual Anti-Inflammatory and Antioxidative Activities in LPS-Stimulated BEAS-2B Cells

  • Jin Wook Oh,
  • Min Kyoung Shin,
  • Hye-Ran Park,
  • Sukin Jeong,
  • Minho Lee,
  • Ji Hyuk Ko,
  • Jae Young Lee,
  • Seung-Cheol Jee and
  • Jung-Suk Sung

11 December 2025

Most respiratory diseases are driven by excessive airway inflammation and oxidative stress, yet current therapies often lack durable efficacy or are unsafe. Host-defense peptides, commonly enriched in animal venoms, offer diverse, target-selective sc...

  • Review
  • Open Access
28 Citations
4,516 Views
22 Pages

NRF2 Regulation by Noncoding RNAs in Cancers: The Present Knowledge and the Way Forward

  • Federico Pio Fabrizio,
  • Angelo Sparaneo and
  • Lucia Anna Muscarella

3 December 2020

Nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 (NRF2) is the key transcription factor triggered by oxidative stress that moves in cells of the antioxidant response element (ARE)-antioxidant gene network against reactive oxygen species (ROS) cellular dam...

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